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NPR's John Nielsen reports on the day's negotiations on Capitol Hill over reopening the federal government. The White House today responded to an offer presented by Republicans last night..with its own counter offer. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers nationwide have been furloughed since Monday.

NPR's Guy Raz reports from Berlin, Germany where May Day demonstrations turned violent today. Police used water cannon and tear gas against left-wing protesters, who had pelted them with cobblestones and set fires in the streets.

Every April 20, groups of teens gather to smoke marijuana to mark Four-Twenty, or Stoner's Day. But author and commentator David Marcus says parents shouldn't get mad. Rather, they should use this day as a reason to talk to their kids about what's going on in their lives. Marcus is author of What It Takes To Pull Me Through: Why Teenagers Get in Trouble and How Four of Them Got Out.

Liane Hansen speaks with acoustic blues guitarist orey Harris about his music and his debut album "Between Midnight and Day" Alligator CD 4837). At age 27, Harris' music is evocative of the older blues reats like Lightnin' Hopkins, Blind Boy Fuller and Robert Johnson.

Christmas Day often means a number of marquee matches in the National Basketball Association. And fans of the NBA rejoice, today is no different. Host Bob Edwards and Commentator John Feinstein talk about those games, and news from around the league.

Keith Turan, film critic for the Los Angeles Times reviews One Day in September, a documentary about the kidnapping and murder of eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics. The movie won the Oscar for best documentary and is now showing in theaters.

June 6 marks the anniversary of D-Day, when Allied troops in 1944 landed on the shores of Normandy -- the largest amphibious assault in history. D-Day made the first move towards the liberation of France. At the same time, black U.S. troops were clearing a path from India to China known as the Burma Road. NPR's Juan Williams talks with Frank Bolden, a reporter embedded with the troops in Asia, about the impact of blacks in WWII and the importance of the black press.

Music historian Mitch Myers takes a listen to the great gospel hit from the late 1960s, "Oh Happy Day." The song was performed by the Edwin Hawkins Singers and was an unusual pop hit. Myers tells the story of a song that, over the years, has been an inspiration to him.

NPR Music's Song of the Day features a new track every weekday, with analysis of the music, links to each artist's Web sites and, of course, a chance to hear the song itself. Here, Song of the Day editor Stephen Thompson talks about recent selections by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Kurt Elling and more.

Alien Invasion Threatens To Wipe Out Mankind! Critic Bob Mondello has details. (4:30) ((ST